Garment hanger



Sept; 21, 1925. 1,600,949

E. D. PRIEST GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 17, 1923 Inventor": Edward D. Prie Q9 5%.; 1w His 74Z'Formgg- Patented Sept. 21, 19 26. 7 r

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

EDWARD D. PRIEST, OF SOHENECTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO "PARKER WIRE GOODS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed January 17, 1923. Serial No. 613,107.

My invention relates to garment hangers seen that the hanger, consisting of hook, side 4-5 and more particularly to such hangers of armsand horizontal members, may be made the collapsible type. f only two PIG/08S; of wire.

Another object of my invention is to pro- The looped portion 4: s shown as a single 5 duce such a hanger which will be s1mple loop with suflicient play about the hook porand cheap to manufacture, strong and dution 3 to permit the looped portion to be 50 rable, and so made that its parts may be slipped over the hook portion. In this way folded when not in use into a compact form, each of the two pieces of my garment hanger yet can be readily extended to normal posimay be separately and completely formed,

tion and locked in such extended position. and then my hanger may be readily assem- 1 The various features of novelty which bled by slipping the looped portion 4 over 5 characterize my invention are pointedrout the hook portion 3 into its proper position in the claim annexed to and forming a part as shown in the drawing. I of this specification. For a better under- It will therefore be seen that my garment 1 standing of my invention, reference may be hanger is made out of-only two integral sechad to the following description taken intime of wire, one of the sections constitut- 00 connection with the accompanying drawing an arm 1 having formed at one end a ing, in which the single figure is a View of a horizontal member 8 and at the other end an garment hanger embodying my invention in integral supporting hook 3, the other of said 2 extended or normal position. sections constituting the second arm 2, hav- Referring to the drawing, my garment ing at one of itslends a horizontal member hanger comprises two side arms 1, 2, rela- 7 and at the other end an integral looped tively movable about a vertical axis, a supend 4:, the arms 1 and 2 forming asupport porting hook 3 and a looped member a fora garment and the horizontal members I surrounding a portion of the hook 8. V 7 and 8 forming a second garment support.

The garment hanger is also provided hat I claim as new-and desire to secure 7 with a horizontal member formed of two by Letters Patent of the United States, is: parts 7 and 8 connecting the outer ends of A garment hanger consisting of only two said side arms and having a joint located integral sections of wire, one of said sections substantially in the vertical. axis about constituting an arm having formed at one which said side arms are movable, whereby end a horizontal member and at the other the hanger may be folded as before deend an integral supporting hook, the other scribed about the vertical axis. The joint of said sections constituting a second arm ,may be made in any well known way, but having formed at one of its ends a horizon-v I prefer to use a sleeve 10 fitting over the tal member, and at'the-other end anintegral parts 7 and. 8 of the horizontal members. looped end to he slipped over said hook to The sleeve surrounds one of the parts, say provide a hinge for said sections, and means 8, and is slipped over the other part, say 7, joining said horizontal members, said arms 40 when the hanger is in extended position. forming a support for a'garment, and said The part 8 is shown as being integral with horizontal members forming a second gar- I the side arm 1 and connectedtoflthe outer ment support. I

. end thereof, and the part 7 is shown as in- In witness whereof, I have hereunto tegral with the side 2 and connected to set my hand this 11th day of January, 1923. the outer end thereof. It will therefore be EDWARD D. PRIEST. 

